
Caffeine speeds up pulse rate and when your pulse rate accelerates, it also speeds up your metabolism that helps you burn calories faster as it affects your digestive system. Routine monitoring during theophylline therapy in premature neonates with apnea should include plasma concentrations of both theophylline and caffeine in order to assess the total methylxanthine load. What exactly does caffeine do Aside from the fact that caffeine acts as adrenaline booster for your body, caffeine in coffees can also affect or alternate your metabolism. Some pharmacologic effects attributed to theophylline during chronic therapy for apnea may in part be due to caffeine. This indicates that caffeine is a biotransformation product of theophylline in premature neonates and that the metabolic pathway followed by theophylline in premature infants includes a methylation reaction producing caffeine, whereas in adults, the major metabolic pathway involves oxidative reactions (demethylation and oxidation). In contrast, four normal adult volunteers given theophylline orally for eight to ten days had plasma theophylline concentrations ranging from 3 to 14 mg/l but no measurable caffeine. Similarly, plasma concentrations of theophylline were 4.6 mg/l (1.5 to 7.5) and 11.0 mg/l (4.0 to 19.0) on days one and 7 of theophylline therapy, respectively. It is metabolized in the liver to dimethylxanthines, uric acids, di- and trimethylallantoin, and uracil derivatives. In healthy humans, repeated caffeine ingestion does not alter its absorption or metabolism (George et al., 1986).

Typically most people will experience an increase in heart rate, the degree. Caffeine metabolism occurs primarily in the liver, catalyzed by hepatic microsomal enzyme systems (Grant et al., 1987). Plasma concentrations of caffeine increased from 1.8 mg/l (range = 0.1 to 3.7) at day one to 3.7 mg/l (1.3 to 8.0) seven days after initiation of theophylline therapy. Caffeine has multiple effects on the central nervous system, as well as the heart.

Plasma concentrations of theophylline and caffeine in seven premature neonates receiving theophylline orally for treatment of apnea at age one to 9 days were measured by high performance liquid chromatography, ultraviolet spectrophotometry, and mass spectrometry.
